As if that's not enough partying, I'm also having a celebration of the release of 'There Was an Old Sailor' during the first SCBWI meeting for the year, which is being held at Stoneman's Bookshop in Castlemaine. The lovely Glenda Millard is going to speak about 'Old Sailor'.

At 11.00 am on Sat Feb 20, I'll be reading at the grand opening of 'Enchanted by Books' a new bookshop in Williamstown Victoria.

And then ta-da! there's the official Melbourne launch of 'There Was an Old Sailor' at Sun Bookshop, Ballarat St in Yarraville Vic at 2pm on Sat 27 February. There will be nibblies to eat (possibly even a krill or two particularly for Jen Storer!) and a book reading as well as the launch. I'm still working on details and will post as soon as I can.